The recording studio was opened by Kulka when he came to San Francisco in 1964. It was located at 665 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA. It has been alleged in a
Rolling Stone article that
The Great Society were doing sessions in Golden State for what would be the release of "Somebody to Love" b/w "Free Advice", it took 286 takes to get it right. The producer was
Sly Stone. Some of the artists to come through the studio in the 1960s were
Mike Bloomfield,
Janis Joplin,
Grace Slick and Sly Stone. In 1966, the
Syndicate of Sound recorded their national hit
Little Girl (Syndicate of Sound song) at Golden State Recorders In 1967, some of the emerging acts geared towards the modern sound of the day to be recorded at the studio were, Bristol Boxkite, the Incorporates, Living Children, Poor Souls, Rear Exit, Stone Hinge and Ticket Angents. The producers that were working with him on these acts were Marty Cooper, Larry Goldberg, Jim Marino, Hank Levine and Don Ralke. In the mid-1970s, the studio had acquired a Neumann disc mastering facility which according to Kulka was the most advanced in the area. In addition, most of what was taking place at the studio were connected with Kulka's College for the Recording Arts which was being used to teach students the aspects of sound recording. Founder Kulka died on March 17, 1998, at age 77. Chief engineer David Tonelli died on January 14, 2014, aged 65. ==Staff==